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Learn about urban chicken-raising in self-guided tour

A parade of home tours may provide inspiration for a new kitchen countertop but for those wanting to know more about that backyard evaporative cooling system for Brownie, Spotty-Dotty, and Tweetie, theres the Phoenix Tour de Coops, a self-guided tour of more than 19 of the Valleys hippest hen houses.

The Phoenix Tour de Coops is a fun way for folks to learn about raising chickens, ducks, and other fowl in the urban environment," says Bryan White, a volunteer with the Phoenix Permaculture Guild that organized the tour. "It's really going to open some people's eyes to the possibility of a more sustainable way of living."